Shock Brigade
Common · Creature — Goblin Soldier
6.4GoodRank 79 of 271
56.0%Rank 113 of 274 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.0%
How are these measures computed?
Pick rating. The pick rating estimates what a card is worth when you choose it, before there are results: it combines several signals (expert evaluations, the choices of strong players, characteristics of the card such as its cost and rarity) and was tuned on the results of decks of strong players. It is for comparing cards while you draft.
Observed strength. The observed strength is the win rate of the games in which the card was in hand at some point (opening hand or drawn), from hundreds of thousands of real games of online draft players since the set came out. The rank compares the cards seen in at least 1,000 games. It does not correct for the strength of the deck the card is played in, and a result stays uncertain for a card that is played little (about 1.6 points of margin at 1,000 games).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.4/10).
Why. A two-mana 1/3 with menace and Mobilize 1: each attack adds a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. It brings two attackers for one card and absorbs small creatures well.
Risks. It has only 1 power, and the token disappears at end of turn: its pressure rests on menace and a fast board.
In the draft. A fine common for an aggressive red deck as a two-drop. Never take it over a removal spell.
Win rate of the card
Percentage of games won by the decks that play this card, depending on when it shows up, from the real games of the set.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -0.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 4 of 91
- Red: rank 9 of 34
- Cost 2: rank 17 of 65
- Average pick: 6.2 (1 = taken first from a pack; the lower the number, the earlier players choose it)
Win rate by colour pair
Percentage of games won by the decks of each pair that play the card, with the number of games. The pairs are the two main colors of the deck: when the card has a color outside the pair, the deck plays it as a splash (marked “splash”). A pair that has an archetype in this set leads to its guide.
Win rate: strong players and all players
Percentage of games won when the card is in hand; strong players are those ranked diamond or mythic online.
Win rate on the play and on the draw
Win rate by number of copies in the deck
- 1 copy55.6 % · 59,622 games
- 2 copies56.5 % · 28,638 games
- 3 copies58.1 % · 9,479 games
- 4 copies or more59.7 % · 2,527 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.6 % · 30,367 games
- Next two weeks55.7 % · 16,186 games
- After that56.2 % · 5,605 games
Win rate alongside other cards
Win rate of the decks that play both cards, compared with the one you would expect from what each card gets alone. At least 150 games together.
Cards it wins more with
- Sidisi, Regent of the Mire913 games · 57.4 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
- Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage6,976 games · 57.8 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
- All-Out Assault5,204 games · 58.2 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Breaching Dragonstorm1,288 games · 46.8 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
- Taigam, Master Opportunist839 games · 50.1 % (instead of 54.7% expected)
- Kishla Trawlers3,589 games · 52.3 % (instead of 56.8% expected)
Where it is played
R/W · 69 %B/R · 59 %
Played in 18% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
15. Cori-Steel Cutter
8.2
47. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
7.0
58. Sunset Strikemaster
6.8
69. Shocking Sharpshooter
6.6
Intrinsic ratings: they do not take into account the cards you have already picked. They matter most for the first pick of the first pack.